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"Doing so undermines a long tradition of designing and building infrastructure in the public interest." (from google) Infrastructure : the basic physical and o
by lsiunsuex 11y ago
"Doing so undermines a long tradition of designing and building infrastructure in the public interest."
(from google) Infrastructure : the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g., buildings, roads, and power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise.
In some countries, Facebook is viewed as "the internet" and the rest of us consider it to be just another social network (albeit one of the biggest) - and for all accounts, the internet is just as important if not more important then some utilities - a company can survive without water (technically) - some companies now a days can't survive without an internet connection - their 100% internet based.
Therefore - I'm an engineer - I build buildings (websites) that allow people to do things - be it educational or informational or to sell stuff.
... i completely understand the argument being made but it can be made across the board - Is a parent that home schools their kids a teacher? Is an employee at McDonalds a chef? Is a PHD a doctor? All titles have different meanings when used in different context.
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- maxerickson 11y agoI bet most people that cook food at McDonald's would think you were mocking them if you called them a chef.
- pluma 11y agoTrue, but I bet most people pasting snippets of jQuery into Wordpress would be equally surprised if you called them engineers.
- pluma 11y agoWhether a PhD is considered a doctor is a cultural thing. In Germany for example, "doctor" simply implies a PhD/MD or similar (and in fact calling yourself one without a matching degree would be criminally fraudulent) -- although that seems to be changing thanks to the influence of American media and less emphasis on titles (and likely not least because of a large number of politicians having been revealed to have cheated to get their degrees). Other than that I agree.